University of Hull

Faculty Member, School of Arts and New Media

About

Dr Toni Sant is Director of Research at the University of Hull's Scarborough School of Arts and New Media, where he is also senior lecturer in Performance & Creative Technologies. Previously he lectured about performance and new media at the University of Malta, Adelphi University, and New York University. He has also worked as broadcaster, theatre director, and musician in Malta, Italy, England, Germany, and the USA. He was trained in radio production by the BBC, graduated B.A. (Hons) first class in Theatre Studies at the University of Malta, and holds a M.A. and a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from New York University.

Toni Sant is the founder and creative director of the MaltaMedia Online Network, president of the M3P Foundation, co-founder of the Eurovision Research Network, executive editor of the Applied and Interactive Theatre Guide, and book reviews editor for the International Journal of Performance Arts & Digital Media. He is also a member of the Routledge Performance Archive's Advisory Board and co-convenor of the TaPRA working group on Documenting Performance.

He is the author of a book about Franklin Furnace, a New York-based avant-garde arts presenter established since 1976. The book is called Franklin Furnace & the Spirit of the Avant-Garde: A History of the Future (Intellect Books, 2011).  http://www.tonisant.com/ff

His writings on performance and new media have also appeared in TDR: Journal of Performance Studies, the Washington Square News, Leonardo, The Encyclopedia of Politics, The Dictionary of Literary Biography, the Journal of Music, Technology & Education, the Journal of Adaptation in Film & Performance, the Journal of Maltese History, and the International Journal of Performance Arts & Digital Media, among others.

His research interests include the use of the Internet in/for performance, live art, applied theatre, documenting performance,  and the socio-cultural aspects of new media, particularly in marginalised communities.

Current research development revolves around a collaborative multimedia database of Maltese music and associated arts at http://www.m3p.com.mt

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